Posts Tagged ‘medical quotes’

These two quotes on practice of medicine are close to my heart , one from Voltaire , a non medical man (a French poet ) and the other from ,one of the greatest medical professional of our times, William Osler .

It is amazing ,how the thinking pattern of a philosopher and a true scientific professional living centuries apart are almost in sync with a great medical reality !

Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi , father of my country , India , made these observations in year 1925 about the fundamental constituents of violence in society . These words of monumental wisdom came when he was addressing young Indians in a country- side rally .

Note, his finger points to , what exactly is relevant to our profession ! He emphasized this nearly 100 years ago, when medical science was at its infancy .One can only guess what would be Mahatma’s comment about our profession in it’s current form !

Should we include moral, behavioral and ethical classes right from the first year of medical school along with Anatomy , physiology and bio chemistry.Medical council of India obviously need to burn more mid night oil , I wish it happens in my life time. !

I frequently refer to one of the most famous medical quotes made in last century by a Harvard professor Dr Herbert Lay in 1969.

Five decades have gone since this observation was made by Dr Ley .Mind you ,Dr Ley is not a lay person , he was heading the same FDA which he targeted ! I guess when Dr Ley made this statement there was little commercialization in pharma Industry . Now along with it an entirely new field of medical device industry has grown to gargantuan proportions !

I wonder what Dr Herbert Ley would have to say as on 2014 !

Many modern medical professionals would shrug these views as controversial , pessimistic and negative forces of science !